The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
4:18 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -20
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.72° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.09° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.